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Psst. You there, Mr. Hollywood director guy. You know you’re just telling some other person to point a camera at a couple of other people in wigs, right? You do? Oh, okay. Just wondering, because you seem to be screaming a lot and disrespecting everyone around you. We just don’t know why you’d turn what could otherwise be a really fun thing into an utter nightmare. Oh, hundreds of millions of dollars are on the line? Yeah, that’ll up the stakes a bit.

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Hollywood feuds REESE WITHERSPOON VS VINCE VAUGH On Four Christmases, they found each other to be entirely vile. The hatred was so intense that a source said, Sometimes Vince will be standing behind her and he has this look on his face that he just wants to kill her! CRACKED — Source

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Hollywood feuds CRIMINAL MINDS VS THOMAS GIBSON Gibson had numerous verbal and physical on-set altercations. In 2010 he reportedly shoved an assistant director, and he was fired in 2016 for kicking a writer in the shin because of creative differences. CRACKED — Source

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Hollywood feuds ALEC BALDWIN VS SHIA LABEOUF While working together on the Broadway play Orphans, Labeouf attacked Baldwin for not memorizing his lines. Baldwin asked the production to let him quit, but they fired LaBeouf instead. CRACKED — Source

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Hollywood feuds WILLIAM BALDWIN VS SHARON STONE On 1993's Sliver, Stone's violent feud with Baldwin led to her biting his tongue so hard in a make-out scene that he couldn't speak for weeks. CRACKED — Source

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Hollywood feuds LENA HEADY VS JEROME FLYNN Cersei and Bronn don't have scenes together on Game of Thrones because the (ex) couple dated in 2002, and they're not on talking terms after the nasty breakup. CRACKED — Source

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Russell Crowe

Hollywood feuds RUSSELL CROWE VS A GLADIATOR PRODUCER While filming Gladiator, Crowe allegedly threatened seasoned producer Branko Lustig, and said that he would kill him with his bare hands, because he was annoying the hell out of him. CRACKED — Source

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Hollywood feuds EDWARD NORTON VS MARVEL Norton was difficult throughout the entire creative process, but after he insisted on editing The Incredible Hulk, Marvel distanced themselves and hired Mark Ruffalo for future films. CRACKED — Source

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WHITE ARTHUR THE GOLDEN GIRLS CRACKED.COM SHE WAS NOT THAT FOND OF ME, WHITE SAYS. SHE FOUND ME A PAIN IN THE NECK SOMETIMES. IT WAS MY POSITIVE ATTITUDE - AND THAT MADE BEA MAD SOMETIMES. SOMETIMES IF I WAS HAPPY, SHE'D BE FURIOUS! — Source

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Set Feuds

HARDY THERON MAD MAX: FURY ROAD CRACKED.COM DIRECTOR GEORGE MILLER BLAMES THE CHARACTERS. WHEN THEY FIRST MEET EACH OTHER, THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL EACH OTHER. AND TO SOME EXTENT THAT WAS THE TRAJECTORY OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP AS WELL. — Source

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GREY SWAYZE DIRTY DANCING CRACKED.COM SHE... SOMETIMES BURST INTO TEARS IF SOMEONE CRITICIZED HER, SWAYZE GRIPED. OTHER TIMES, SHE SLIPPED INTO SILLY MOODS, FORCING US TO DO SCENES OVER WHEN SHE'D START LAUGHING. НЕ FELT LIKE SHE WAS A WIMP, SAID PRODUCER LINDA GOTTLIEB. — Source

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GAL GADOT, RAY FISHER & JOSS WHEDON CRACKED.COM When original director Zack Snyder bowed out of 'Justice League', Joss Whedon was roped in. Ray Fisher, who played Cyborg, alleged that Whedon behaved inappropriately on set, and Gadot alleged that Whedon threatened her career after she expressed unease with a sexualized comedy scene. — Source

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AMY ADAMS & DAVID O RUSSELL CRACKED.COM There could be a whole list for o Russell. In 2014, Amy Adams and David o Russell clashed on American Hustle. Adams said that he made her cry with his process of shouting at actors mid-scene. Не was hard on me, that's for sure, she told GQ. I was really just devastated on set. She has no intention of working with him again. — Source

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SHELLEY DUVALL & STANLEY KUBRICK CRACKED.COM Production delays on 'The Shining' kept Duvall from her family for a whole year, and Kubrick made her life a living nightmare by berating her in front of the crew. In an interview, she said, My character had to cry 12 hours a day the last nine months straight, five or six days a week. — Source

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CATRALL PARKER SEX AND THE CITY CRACKED.COM PARKER AND CATRALL WOULDN'T SPEAK TO EACH OTHER DURING FILMING OF THE SEX AND THE CITY MOVIE. ARE WE THE BEST OF FRIENDS? NO, SAID CATRALL. PARKER JOKINGLY (?) OFFERED HER SAMANTHA ROLE TO ELLEN DEGENERES. — Source

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GOSLING MCADAMS THE NOTEBOOK CRACKED.COM HOW BAD DID IT GET? GOSLING APPROACHED DIRECTOR NICK CASSEVETES IN FRONT OF 150 PEOPLE DURING A SCENE WITH MCADAMS. WOULD YOU TAKE HER OUT OF HERE AND BRING IN ANOTHER ACTRESS TO READ OFF CAMERA WITH ME? — Source

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DUCHOVNEY ANDERSON THE X-FILES CRACKED.COM EIGHT YEARS IS A LONG TIME TO ACT WITH SOMEBODY, SAYS DUCHOVNEY. FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT. WE USED TO ARGUE ABOUT NOTHING. WE COULDN'T STAND THE SIGHT OF EACH OTHER. — Source

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DIESEL THE ROCK FAST FIVE CRACKED.COM THE ROCK DREW BLOOD WITH AN INSTAGRAM POST HASHTAGGED ZERO TOLERANCE FOR CANDY ASSES. WHEN YOU WATCH THIS MOVIE NEXT APRIL AND IT SEEMS LIKE I'M NOT ACTING IN SOME OF THESE SCENES AND MY BLOOD IS LEGIT BOILING-YOU'RE RIGHT. — Source

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SMITH HUBERT FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR CRACKED.COM I CAN SAY STRAIGHT UP THAT JANET HUBERT WANTED THE SHOW TO BE THE AUNT VIV OF BEL-AIR SHOW, SMITH SAID. TO HER, I'M JUST THE ANTICHRIST. AUNT VIV AGREES: НЕ IS STILL AN EGOMANIAC AND HAS NOT GROWN UP. — Source

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SHATNER EVERYBODY STAR TREK CRACKED.COM SHATNER WOULD PRETEND NOT TO KNOW GEORGE TAKEI ON THE STAR TREK SET AND HAD LONG-RUNNING FEUDS WITH JAMES SCOTTY DOOHAN AND WALTER CHECKOV KOENIG. LEONARD NIMOY, WHO SHATNER CONSIDERS HIS BEST FRIEND, STOPPED SPEAKING TO HIM FOR THE LAST YEARS OF HIS LIFE. — Source

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CRACKED Chadwick Boseman was fired for speaking up. His character Reggie Montgomery was written as a stereotypical thug, and when he spoke up, he was immediately replaced with his future Black Panther co-star Michael В. Jordan. Boseman reported, They said, 'You are too much trouble. ALL MY CHILDREN EVOLT I VOLT REVOLT UMME — Source

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CRACKED Selma Blair (like many) couldn't handle Charlie Sheen. She questioned his professionalism and told producers he was a menace to work with, so Sheen fired her himself via text. ANGER MANAGEMENT — Source

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CRACKED Suzanne Somers lost her gender equality battle. She was only being paid $30,000 per episode to John Ritter's $150,000. They only gave her $5,000 more, so she missed tapings in protest, and was replaced with her character's cousin Cindy Snow for 3 seasons. THREE'S COMPANY — Source

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CRACKED Jon Polito got a disrespectful ending. After 2 seasons as Steve Crosetti, he had a major artistic parting of the ways with executive producer Tom Fontana, so they had his character kill himself. Не said, It makes no sense. It's the last thing in the world I would do. HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET — Source

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CRACKED John Francis Daley was beaten to death over a scheduling conflict. Dr. Lance Sweets was killed in the Season 10 premiere because Daley tried to juggle the show and directing a National Lampoon's Vacation remake. Не said, I really did feel like I was losing a part of me, and to see him die in such a grim way was shocking. BONES — Source

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CRACKED Pettiness killed Maude Flanders! Maggie Roswell voiced Maude from 1990-1999, but only made $1,500 to $2,000 per episode - which didn't even cover her travel. She asked for $6,000 and was killed off (by a t-shirt cannon, no less.) THE SIMPSONS — Source

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CRACKED Good Times canned patriarch James Evans. After actor John Amos mentioned that white writers weren't realistically writing black characters, his character was killed in an off-screen car accident. They completed 3 more seasons without him. adidas — Source

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BURT REYNOLDS & PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON GRACKED.COM Reynolds felt that director Paul Thomas Anderson was unoriginal and cocky, and the pair once came close to blows on set. A 2018 article reported, Reynolds was so unhappy with Boogie Nights, despite never having seen it, he fired his agent afterward. — Source

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KATE WINSLET & JAMES CAMERON CRACKED.COM Winslet described 'Titanic' as grueling. She suffered from hypothermia in the ocean scene, caught her coat on a gate and almost drowned in another, and got no sympathy from director James Cameron. She said, Не has a temper like you wouldn't believe. You'd have to pay me a lot of money to work with Jim again. — Source

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CHEVY CHASE & CHRIS COLUMBUS CRACKED.COM On 'National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation', Chase's nasty behavior led to director Chris Columbus quitting, and being replaced with Jeremiah Chechik. To be completely honest, Chevy treated me like dirt. I called John Hughes and said there's no way I can do this movie. I know I need to work but I can't do it with this guy. — Source

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BILL MURRAY & HAROLD RAMIS CRACKED.COM Director Harold Ramis and Bill Murray's friendship collapsed on 1993's 'Groundhog Day' when Ramis grabbed Murray by the shirt collar and threw him against a wall during a heated creative dispute. They didn't speak for two decades, but when Ramis was ill in 2010, they reconciled and became friends again for the final 4 years of Ramis' life. — Source

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BRUCE WILLIS & KEVIN SMITH CRACKED COM With multiple clashes on their 2010 film 'Cop Out', director Kevin Smith described Bruce Willis as unhappy, bitter, and mean. Willis was disruptive on set, telling Smith, I'm Bruce Willis, and I've been doing this for 25 years very successfully. Please don't put your loser stink on me. — Source

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MARLON BRANDO & FRANK OZ GRAGKED.COM Having De Niro and Marlon Brando together on 'The Score' should've been a dream, but the shoot mostly became a fight between Brando and director Frank Oz. Brando hated being directed by a Muppeteer, mockingly calling Oz 'Miss Piggy' (the character he voiced). Oz said I was confrontational too, acknowledging it was partly his fault. — Source

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JULIA ROBERTS & STEVEN SPIELBERG CRACKED.COM Her difficult on-set presence earned the nickname Tinkerhell by 'Hook' production staff. Spielberg knew she was dealing with a break up with Kiefer Sutherland, and said it was an unfortunate time for us to work together, before stating that he wouldn't make a movie with Roberts again. — Source

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